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The Tale of 3 Pledge Managers
22 Apr 2020

The Tale of 3 Pledge Managers

by Mike | posted in: blog, kickstarter | 4

This blog post is 100% inspired by James Mathe’s excellent post about Pledge Managers. Like many creators, Mathe’s blog and facebook group helped me immensely when I was getting started. I am writing this to add to that discussion and … Continued

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Advertising your Kickstarter Post-Mortem (Lawyer Up)
14 Apr 2020

Advertising your Kickstarter Post-Mortem (Lawyer Up)

by Mike | posted in: blog, kickstarter, kickstarter lesson | 3

This is a follow-up to my Kickstarter Advertising ROI post after Gothic Horrors and my original How to Advertise your Kickstarter series of posts.  You may want to refer to some of these past posts since I certainly reread them … Continued

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Running a Kickstarter Campaign during COVID-19
30 Mar 2020

Running a Kickstarter Campaign during COVID-19

by Mike | posted in: blog, kickstarter, kickstarter lesson | 0

Two weeks ago, we launched Lawyer Up on Kickstarter. It’s a game we have been laboring over for several years and a Kickstarter we had scheduled internally back during PAX Unplugged (Dec 2019). Of course that was all before COVID-19, … Continued

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AlderQuest is back on Kickstarter
7 Jan 2020

AlderQuest is back on Kickstarter

by Mike | posted in: blog, kickstarter | 0

AlderQuest is back on Kickstarter. We spent a lot of time sifting through all the feedback and have a new cover image, some new pledge tiers and a lot more press flowing in after showing the game at PAX Unplugged. … Continued

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AlderQuest Launches on Kickstarter in November
22 Oct 2019

AlderQuest Launches on Kickstarter in November

by Mike | posted in: blog, kickstarter | 0

Unfortunately, we’re not going to be at Essen this year so consider this our Essen release. Check out the trailer for our upcoming 1-4 player area control game of animal guilds competing to find and match acorns before the start … Continued

The Few and Cursed is Live on Kickstarter
4 Jun 2019

The Few and Cursed is Live on Kickstarter

by Mike | posted in: blog, kickstarter, News | 0

I almost always forget to update the website with our Kickstarter announcements, but luckily I’ve been using a checklist these past few times. It’s always a busy busy morning when you launch a Kickstarter and this morning was no different. … Continued

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Why you should always get multiple quotes and negotiate
25 Feb 2019

Why you should always get multiple quotes and negotiate

by Mike | posted in: blog, kickstarter, kickstarter lesson | 2

I’m writing a quick post about why you should always get multiple quotes on board game manufacturing and negotiate with a few reputable companies because the question came up on Facebook: I would argue that this advice extends beyond just … Continued

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The Anatomy of a Kickstarter Page
18 Dec 2018

The Anatomy of a Kickstarter Page

by Mike | posted in: blog, kickstarter, kickstarter lesson | 4

After running 5 successful Kickstarters for board games, we have put together a pretty good playbook for how we organize and build our Kickstarter pages.  We are sharing this guide with other creators so that they can improve their own … Continued

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How to better manage your Kickstarter money
15 Nov 2018

How to better manage your Kickstarter money

by Mike | posted in: blog, kickstarter, kickstarter lesson | 1

Yesterday I was reading this reddit post about how Super Dungeon Legends needs $750k to fulfill it’s $1.29 million Kickstarter.  This isn’t the first tabletop Kickstarter to rip off backers and vanish into the ether (Space Goat’s Evil Dead / … Continued

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Set a Watch is LIVE on Kickstarter!
18 Sep 2018

Set a Watch is LIVE on Kickstarter!

by Mike | posted in: blog, kickstarter | 0

Set a Watch, our new 1-4 player cooperative puzzle adventure game, is currently live on Kickstarter. The Retail version is $22 and the Deluxe version is only $29 on Kickstarter now through October 11th. In Set a Watch, you must … Continued

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